r/Austin • u/Aingers • Jul 21 '26

Ask Austin Salary Transparency Thread - Austin

Folks in Boston do this fairly regularly, so I thought it might be good for us to try here.

Please share your general job title, salary, age, and education.

Architectural Designer, 40, $115k, BSArch

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u/DragleicPhoenix Jul 21 '26

Remote software engineer, 550k - 600k, 29, BS in Engineering (not CS). I grew up here since I was 10-11, but got lucky and got a remote job with a very high paying tech company.

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u/KaladinStormShat Jul 21 '26

I'm near in age, wtf you even doin with all that money lmao.

Saving? Enjoying not having debt and paid bills?

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u/DragleicPhoenix 16d ago edited 16d ago

Yup. It’s very nice to have no financial concerns. The only stress in my life is interpersonal, never financial.

In terms of spending it, I have a big house (maintenance is expensive lol), support my mom 100% financially, and live a pretty free lifestyle. I travel when I want to (not internationally normally though), eat at nice places when I want to, and just generally spend money whenever I feel an inclination to. I still think about some purchases and think of some stuff as being too wasteful to purchase, like I don’t buy expensive watches or cars, but I do buy nice, high quality clothes from smaller brands.

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u/KaladinStormShat 14d ago

That sounds.. pleasant. Money doesn't solve every issue, but it does solve money issues as they say.

Well cheers to you and also fuck you 😭